Improvement in cigar-wrapper cutters



F. HAEHN EL.

CIGAR-WRAPPER CUTTER.

No.188,89Z. Patented March 27,1877.

Attorney- N.PETE.RS, PHDTO-LITHOGRAFNER. WASHINGTON, D C

UNITED STATES PATENT @FFICE.

FREDERIG HAEHNEL, OF NEW ORLEANS, LA., ASSIGNOR OF ONE-HALF HIS RIGHT TOHENRY NORMAN, OF SAME PLACE.

IMPROVEMENT IN CIGAR-WRAPPER CUTTERS.

Specification forming part of Letters Patent No. 188,892, dated March27, 1877; application filed To all whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, FREDERIG HAEHNEL, of- New Orleans, in the parish ofOrleans and State of Louisiana, have invented Improvements inCigar-Making Machines, of which the following is a full, clear, andexact description, reference being had to the accompanying drawing, andthe letters of reference marked thereon, making part of thisspecification, in which-- Figure I is a side view, one of the uprightsbeing removed. Fig. 2 is a topplan view.

My invention relates to that class of cigarmaking machines which aredesigned for the purpose of cutting out the cigar-wrapper by forming thebase-plate upon which the cutter-knife acts of solid wood, or any othersuitable solid substance. By this means I am enabled to cut the wrappermore smoothly and uniformly than can otherwise be done.

My invention consists in pivoting, in suitable uprights at the rear ofthem'achine, a

. notched arm, the lower end of which is connected by suitable means tothe treadle. The notch in this arm is designed to hold the end of thecutter-arm, and keep the knife raised while the tobacco-leaf is fed tothe machine.

My invention further consists in a novel arrangement of mechanismwhereby the tobacco-leaf can readily be cut into cigar-wrappers, as morefully hereinafter described.

The construction and operation of my invention are as follows:

A is the bed-plate of the machine, which is seated on standards B B. Inthe lower section of these standards B B is journaled a shaft, B towhich is secured, at its center, the foot-treadle B. At one end'of thisshaft B is also secured an eccentric or cam arm, I). At or about midwaybetween the shaft B and the bed-plate Ais journaled, in the standards BB, anothershaft, 0, to which is secured two eccentric or cam arms, c 0The eccentric-arm b and the eccentric-arm c are connected by a cord orbelt, 12, and through this connection motion is imparted from the shaftB to the shaft 0. In suitable uprights March 21, 1877.

D D, secured to the bed-plate A, and on top of the same is pivoted thecutter arm E. The rear end of this cutter-arm is connected with thetreadle B by means of the cord or belt e. To the front of thiscutter-arm E is secured the knife F, of the form clearly shown in Fig.2.

H is the base-plate, upon which rests the tobacco-leaf which is designedto be cut into a cigar-wrapper by the knife F. This baseplate H isconstructed of solid wood, or other suitable solid substance. This knifeF is so constructed that its weight shall be sufficient to cause it tofall, cutting the leaf clearly and smoothly.

In suitable uprights k k, secured to the bedplate A, and on a line withand in rear of the cutter-arm E, is pivoted vertically a short arm, K.In the upper section of this arm K is cut a notch, W.

K is a spring, whose tension is constantly exerted to press the uppersection of the arm K forward, so that at the proper time its notch 70shall hold the end of the cutter-arm E.

c is acord or belt, which connects the lower end of the arm K and theeccentric-arm 0 The operation is as follows: The front end of thefoot-treadle B is depressed, which, through means of the cord 6,depresses the cutter-arm E, raising the knife F until its end is held bythe notch 70 of the arm K. The tobacco-leaf for the cigarwrapper is thensmoothly and evenly spread upon the baseplate H. The rear of thefoot-treadle B is then depressed, which revolves the shaft B with itseccentric-arm b. By means of the cord b and the eccentric arm 0 theshaft 0 is caused to revolve, which depresses the cocentric arm c which,being connected to the lower end of the notched arm K, draws it forward.This releases the end of the cutterarm E from the notch k and the knifeF, being weighted, falls, cutting the tobacco-leaf smoothly and evenly.

What I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent of theUnited States, is

1. In a cigar-making machine, the combination of the lever E, notchedarm K, spring K,

cords c 0, arm b,and treadle B substantially have hereunto set my handthis 21st day of as described. March, 1877.

2. In a cigar-making machine, the lever E, notched arm K, spring K cordsc 0, arm b, and treadle B in combination with the arms Witnesses: c 0substantially as described. EDWIN JAMES,

' In testimony that 1 claim the foregoing I J. W. HAMILTON JOHNSON.

FR. HAEHNEL.

